Head of Attention and Cognitive Control laboratory, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Creator of the Load Theory of attention, cognitive control and information processing (one of the most highly-cited contemporary theories in cognitive sciences).
Fellow of the British Academy
Honorary life member of the Experimental Psychological Society, UK
Elected Fellow of the Society of Biology, UK
Elected Fellow of the American Psychological Society
Elected Fellow of the British Psychological Society
Industry and governmental partnerships:
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) contract with the head of R&D and head of advanced technology team to apply load theory into driving.
Ministry of Defence (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) to establish capacity tests and capacity training for Defence operators.
European Space Agency and the Russian State Cosmonaut Training Center- contract to develop a battery of measures of attention, overload and fatigue.
Publications:
Author of over 150 high-impact scientific manuscripts (over 16,000 citations, H index: 57) that have received extensive media coverage including feature articles and cover stories in the New Scientist and Zeit Wissen; full-length television documentaries in the UK, Europe and USA (for example an hour-long feature focusing on Load Theory in the Discovery Channel); frequent BBC appearances (including BBC Horizon and BBC1 “Have I Got News For You”) and regular coverage in the print media.
Academic supervision: has supervised 25 PhD students, 24 postdoctoral fellows and hosted 19 academic visitors.